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Basic Materials for Electromagnetic Field Standards
BASIC MATERIALS FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD STANDARDS (From 01 June 2002 to 30 November 2003: 18 months period) Youri Grigorievich Grigoriev (Project Manager) State Research Center – Institute of Biophysics*
November 2003 The work was sponsored financially by European Office of Aerospace Research and Development (EOARD), London, UK under the agreement with International Science and Technology Center (ISTC), Moscow, Russia.
The goal of the present Project was the selection and generalization of initial data of research studies devoted to fundamental biological effects of the long time (0.5–2 years) exposure to EMF of low intensity (below 500 µW/cm2 ) and on acute biological effects of modulated EMF, which were elaborated in the USSR, Russia and Ukraine; these studies were most essential for the development and justification of current Russian standards of EMF exposure in human as well as to provide recommendations on EMF standards. The majority of contemporary Western standards of EMF is based upon the research results of physiological changes induced by short term electromagnetic irradiation of the thermal exposure level, as a rule. The existing standards do not take into account the possibility to develop specific effects under the modulated EMF exposure. In the framework of work under the present Project, the selection and analysis of research studies devoted to the chronic exposure to electromagnetic fields of radiofrequency and low intensities (non-thermal levels) were elaborated as well as the studies of biological effects induced by modulated EMF in acute experiments reported in papers published in the USSR and Russia. The results of these studies were most important when developing current Russian standards of EMF. Basing upon the elaborated contractual work, recommendations were given to improve approaches and principles of standardization for electromagnetic fields under controllable and uncontrollable conditions.
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